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New poetry collection available: “Room for Poetry” by Emily Walls Ray and poets

writetouchgirl's avatarEmily Walls Ray's Light and laughter

For more than a year six women met in a quiet room and wrote our lives in poetry. The result is a new poetry book entitled Room For Poetry. The poems are arranged seasonally, reflecting the life events such as birth, death, job loss, glimpses of wisdom, redemption, and moments of pure joy. Illustrations by Glenda Kotchish add to the beauty of this lovely little book. Poets include Yvonne Campbell, Joan Garrabrant, Glenda Kotchish, Sarah Posey, Emily Walls Ray, and Jane Holliday Wilson.

Order through thebookpatch.com. ISBN: 9781633182394.

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The Juggler And The Juggled

It’s hard to juggle

when you’re the ball and don’t know

who the juggler is.

~

As long as I’m here

in the air, my only hope

is that the juggler’s good.

                                                                                  JDG

A Question Of Love

How do I love me? Let me count the ways.

Hmm…it seems I have a ways to go…

so…

I’ll jump right in and begin

by learning first to just say “no”.

and then, perhaps, I’ll find a way

to just say “yes” … to me.

                                                                                                           JDG

Re-entry

 Even the dogs barely glanced my way

when I returned home after several days.

Kids and cats were subdued too,

all letting me know quite civilly

that they were less than pleased with me.

That night, as I lay abed, I wondered what might lie ahead,

 but with the rising of the sun, I heard  the cats begin to purr

and the dogs’ tails swish and swirl.

 When the kids burst in the room chattering of the coming day,

I knew we had all moved on and they’d decided to let me stay.

                                                                                                            JDG

Together We Dare

Even though we’re going home,

there’s no going back.

The way’s been long

and the struggle hard,

yet we showed up,

spoke up, 

dared.

What will follow we can’t know

but what we do know is this:

we will dare together. 

We are not alone.

                                                                                        JDG

(In acknowledgement and celebration of The Daring Way Community established by Brene Brown, the senior faculty, its outstanding facilitators and participants. For more information visit http://www.brenebrown.com.)

At Circle’s Center

Though the night was long

and fire’s flames had gone,

at circle’s center embers still glowed.

With new wood and a blow of breath

fresh flames leaped,

lighting the night, bringing warmth.

                                                                             JDG

In Good Time

For decades, within the clenched fist

of anger and fear, a young girl huddled,

seeking comfort, hiding from shame,

until her now aged self reached down,

took her in her arms and rocked,

crooning a love song over and over

until the clenched fist opened

and they both rested in an open hand.

                                                                      
  JDG